vibrator: example for how to get ID
Since someone asked, and I was still confused, after discussion, this
is the way things work.
Bug: 173817747
Test: N/A
Change-Id: I2c4e062672a2f2d998479d4f9ae11b7749c2aca6
diff --git a/vibrator/aidl/android/hardware/vibrator/IVibrator.aidl b/vibrator/aidl/android/hardware/vibrator/IVibrator.aidl
index 0b21248..cd7b603 100644
--- a/vibrator/aidl/android/hardware/vibrator/IVibrator.aidl
+++ b/vibrator/aidl/android/hardware/vibrator/IVibrator.aidl
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@
* device/board configuration files ensuring that no ID is assigned to
* multiple clients. No client should use this API unless explicitly
* assigned an always-on source ID. Clients must develop their own way to
- * get IDs from vendor in a stable way.
+ * get IDs from vendor in a stable way. For instance, a client may expose
+ * a stable API (via HAL, sysprops, or xml overlays) to allow vendor to
+ * associate a hardware ID with a specific usecase. When that usecase is
+ * triggered, a client would use that hardware ID here.
*
* @param id The device-specific always-on source ID to enable.
* @param effect The type of haptic event to trigger.